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May 4, 2022Liked by Joachim Klement

Thanks for the blog in general and this article in particular. It's a breath of fresh air in a landscape of "sameness". I read the green line in the chart above differently. It says the impact of money supply on inflation is a moving target from nil to over 4%. The why's and how's is the subject for further study which at the stage one can only speculate.

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May 4, 2022Liked by Joachim Klement

Thought this was good, reminded me of this post on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/non-economists-take-inflation-our-faith-central-banks-mangrelli

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The lead is unstable, but the YoY% change does have a relationship with inflation.

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May 5, 2022Liked by Joachim Klement

Thank you for sharing your insight and knowledge. May I add a heuristic: when the price of energy increases 80% YoY inflation occurs. Today oil is up YoY 85%

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One thing to maybe consider is the change in the way that inflation is being calculated. It would be significantly higher now if calculations from the 80s were used.

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That’s a common misconception based on a website that made faulty calculations. See the full explanation here: https://fullstackeconomics.com/no-the-real-inflation-rate-isnt-14-percent/

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